Organic Food and Farming in China: Top-down and Bottom-up Ecological Initiatives

ISBN-13: 9781138573000 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 236 str.

Steffanie Scott; Zhenzhong Si; Theresa Schumilas

Opis

China has a rapidly expanding organic agriculture and food sector, and there is a revolution in ecological food and ethical eating in China’s cities. This book shows how social, economic, cultural and environmental conditions have converged to shape the development of both a ‘formal’ and ‘informal’ organic sector.

Spis treści

1. Introduction  2. Transformations in China’s Food System  3. Top-down Initiatives: State Support for Ecological and Organic Agriculture in China  4. The Farmers’ Cooperative Model in China’s Ecological Agriculture Sector  5. Bottom-up initiatives: The Emergence of ‘Alternative’ Food Networks  6. Economic, Ecological and Interpersonal Dimensions of Alternative Food Networks  7. Farmers' Markets as Contested Spaces: Case Study of the Beijing Organic Farmers’ Market  8. Promising Community Organizing in China’s AFNs  9. Rural Development Initiatives amid Food Safety Crisis: Strategies, Challenges and Opportunities in the "New Rural Reconstruction Movement" in China  10. Conclusion